From Abolition Media
“UPDATE: This piece was written and submitted before the authors discovered that Fire Ant had quietly revised their original statement “Manufactured Betrayal,” instead of openly addressing the principled criticism they have received from comrades across the movement.
In the wake of draconian sentences handed down to the Prairieland 8, each ranging from 30 to 100 years, much has been said about the role of Trump’s NSPM-7 in establishing new repressive tools for criminalizing activism. Less discussed has been the critical role of cooperation—by at least 6 of the Prairieland defendants—in securing these devastating convictions. While the terrain of repression is ever changing, what remains evergreen is our most powerful tool of anti-repression: the principle of non-cooperation with the state.
Recent prosecutions associated with Prairieland and similar cases did not rest upon the discovery of hidden command structures, secret directives, or an underground organization issuing orders from behind the scenes. Prosecutors assembled communications, publications, transportation records, political affiliations, support networks, organizational practices, and ongoing associations between individuals. Signal chats appeared in the record. Vetting procedures appeared in the record. Public events, articles, zines, fundraising efforts, support infrastructure, and statements concerning political activity appeared in the record. Material familiar to nearly anyone active within contemporary anarchist circles entered the courtroom and acquired an entirely different meaning.
From DFW Prairieland Defendants Support Calendar (Dallas-Fort Worth)
The DFW Anarchist book fair is happening on July 4th!
One year from the noise demo and initial arrests of the Prairieland defendants! We encourage all of y'all to stop by to show solidarity with the Prairieland defendants, all other political prisoners, and anarchists in the heart of cowboy country!